Influencing Skills Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Influencing Skills
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 203 190
Rank change year-on-year -25 -13 -44
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 356 512 521
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.85% 1.37% 1.69%
As % of the General category 1.49% 2.18% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 169 176 277
10th Percentile £38,492 £41,250 £43,091
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,967 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £54,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.82% -16.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £74,014 £89,041
90th Percentile £98,250 £93,764 £96,539
UK median annual salary £76,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +21.60% -10.71% +7.69%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Influencing Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 23,960 23,497 18,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 56.98% 63.00% 61.20%
Number of salaries quoted 12,347 9,903 13,413
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,188 £40,000 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -1.93%

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Influencing Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the UK excluding London

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +33 155 £57,500 +12.82% 175
North of England -23 80 £72,500 +30.04% 150
North West -11 41 £85,000 +70.00% 79
South West +25 37 £70,000 -20.00% 78
Midlands -4 37 £72,500 +18.37% 123
Yorkshire -3 33 £70,500 -17.30% 63
West Midlands +5 25 £72,500 +7.96% 65
East of England -33 21 £85,000 +66.77% 91
Scotland -23 19 £50,250 -30.69% 38
East Midlands -23 12 £74,600 +31.57% 52
North East +3 6 £75,000 +44.44% 9
Wales +3 6 £76,891 - 23
Northern Ireland -7 3 £57,500 - 7
Influencing Skills
UK

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (3.09%) Confluence
2 4 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 29 (8.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.21%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.84%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.56%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 46 (12.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.37%) NetSuite
3 8 (2.25%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 43 (12.08%) Azure DevOps
2 23 (6.46%) Azure
3 19 (5.34%) Power Platform
4 14 (3.93%) AWS
5 11 (3.09%) Adobe Analytics
5 11 (3.09%) Figma
6 10 (2.81%) SaaS
7 9 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.69%) GCP
9 5 (1.40%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.12%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.84%) Matillion
12 2 (0.56%) Google Analytics
12 2 (0.56%) PaaS
12 2 (0.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 2 (0.56%) Serverless
13 1 (0.28%) IaaS
13 1 (0.28%) Lucidchart
13 1 (0.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.12%) VPN
2 3 (0.84%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (0.84%) DHCP
2 3 (0.84%) DNS
2 3 (0.84%) Firewall
2 3 (0.84%) LAN
2 3 (0.84%) MPLS
2 3 (0.84%) WAN
2 3 (0.84%) Wireless
2 3 (0.84%) WLAN
3 2 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (0.56%) IP Telephony
3 2 (0.56%) IPsec
3 2 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.56%) Spanning Tree
3 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.56%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.56%) VLAN
3 2 (0.56%) Wireless Security
3 2 (0.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.21%) Power BI
2 6 (1.69%) Tableau
3 3 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.56%) Looker
5 1 (0.28%) GIS
5 1 (0.28%) Metadata
5 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 54 (15.17%) JIRA
2 40 (11.24%) eCATT
3 12 (3.37%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
General
1 176 (49.44%) Social Skills
2 156 (43.82%) Finance
3 69 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (19.38%) Manufacturing
4 67 (18.82%) Marketing
5 59 (16.57%) Presentation Skills
6 33 (9.27%) Legal
7 26 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (7.30%) Local Government
8 20 (5.62%) Law
9 19 (5.34%) Fire and Rescue
10 18 (5.06%) Banking
11 16 (4.49%) Public Sector
12 14 (3.93%) Billing
13 13 (3.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (2.53%) Avionics
14 9 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (2.53%) Retail
15 6 (1.69%) Advertising
16 5 (1.40%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 75 (21.07%) Analyst
2 65 (18.26%) Senior
3 40 (11.24%) Senior Manager
4 39 (10.96%) Lead
5 33 (9.27%) Project Manager
6 24 (6.74%) Architect
7 23 (6.46%) Consultant
8 21 (5.90%) Test Analyst
9 20 (5.62%) Senior Project Manager
10 18 (5.06%) Development Manager
11 17 (4.78%) Business Manager
12 13 (3.65%) Business Change Analyst
12 13 (3.65%) Change Analyst
12 13 (3.65%) Senior Development Manager
13 12 (3.37%) Development Project Manager
13 12 (3.37%) Performance Analyst
13 12 (3.37%) Performance Test Analyst
13 12 (3.37%) Quality Manager
13 12 (3.37%) Service Manager
13 12 (3.37%) Testing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.84%) RESTful
2 2 (0.56%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.56%) Kafka
2 2 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.64%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (8.15%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.62%) Management Information System
4 19 (5.34%) NHS
5 9 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.97%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.40%) Freedom of Information Act
8 5 (1.40%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.12%) Blog
9 4 (1.12%) CMDB
9 4 (1.12%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.56%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.56%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.56%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.56%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.84%) Windows
1 3 (0.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (33.99%) Continuous Improvement
2 93 (26.12%) Risk Management
3 78 (21.91%) Agile
4 71 (19.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (17.70%) Decision-Making
6 61 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (16.85%) ERP
8 57 (16.01%) Visualisation
9 52 (14.61%) Roadmaps
9 52 (14.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 46 (12.92%) Source to Pay
11 42 (11.80%) Test Management
12 39 (10.96%) Coaching
13 38 (10.67%) Project Management
14 36 (10.11%) Business Strategy
15 32 (8.99%) ITSM
16 31 (8.71%) Customer Service
16 31 (8.71%) Mentoring
17 30 (8.43%) Collaborative Working
17 30 (8.43%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.53%) SQL
2 6 (1.69%) Java
3 5 (1.40%) Python
4 4 (1.12%) VBA
5 2 (0.56%) C#
5 2 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 69 (19.38%) Degree
2 15 (4.21%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.37%) PMI Certification
3 12 (3.37%) PMP
3 12 (3.37%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.81%) HNC
5 10 (2.81%) HND
6 9 (2.53%) CIMA
7 8 (2.25%) ACCA
8 7 (1.97%) CISSP
9 5 (1.40%) APMP
9 5 (1.40%) CISM
10 4 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.12%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.84%) CCNP
11 3 (0.84%) CISA
11 3 (0.84%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.84%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (12.92%) QA
2 17 (4.78%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.09%) GDPR
4 8 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.97%) NIST
6 6 (1.69%) COBIT
7 5 (1.40%) GRC
7 5 (1.40%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.12%) NCSC
8 4 (1.12%) PMO
9 3 (0.84%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.84%) SOC 3
10 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.56%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.56%) ISO 19650
10 2 (0.56%) SLA
11 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.84%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 40 (11.24%) HP ALM
2 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.28%) Ansible
3 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.28%) SCCM
3 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (17.13%) SAP
2 41 (11.52%) Microsoft
3 40 (11.24%) HP
4 15 (4.21%) Oracle
5 13 (3.65%) Qualtrics
6 11 (3.09%) Adobe
7 7 (1.97%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.69%) VMware
9 5 (1.40%) Verint
10 4 (1.12%) Google
10 4 (1.12%) NEC
10 4 (1.12%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.12%) Sparx
11 3 (0.84%) Cisco
12 2 (0.56%) Ariba
12 2 (0.56%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.56%) Mitel
12 2 (0.56%) Riverbed
12 2 (0.56%) Workday
13 1 (0.28%) Databricks